Originally Posted by
danwer930
Thanks for this. It's a domestic flight and my status is through AA, so it sounds like I would not be able to use the lounge. For some reason I thought the "international flights only" rule only applied to using AA and AS lounges. Appreciate the info!
Yeah, OWE lounge access is pretty nuanced and earnestnywang is right when he observes it's sometimes on the whim of the lounge dragon. For instance, if one is a OWE from, say, CX, then this pax can frequent ACs & AS (should anyway, but I'm not sure AS staff is...er...up to speed on this) absent any restrictions (no int'l qualifier) other than being on an OW flight. Contrast that with AA/AS OWE where access to lounges--even their own--are only upon flights to or connecting (on OW carrier) to an int'l destination within a certain time frame or arriving on int'l and connecting to OW domestic destination.
It's complex and nuanced enough that each lounge and even each Dragon(ness) has his/her own interpretations of the rule.